2010 Summer Interns

2010 Summer Interns

2010 Summer Interns

Human Rights interns for 2010 are: left to right: Susie Lee, Kayla Benker, Sam Mitchell, Julia Starr, Melia Plotkin, Angela Tyler, Sara Birkenthal, Krysten Hartmann, Angelica Quicksey, Alice Mirlesse, Gabriela Andrade, Daniela Spencer, Amanda Lam, Jackson Wyrick, Takako Mino, Brian Winter, Ian McGinnity. Not shown: Hannah Gordon, Anna Joseph, Ann Kam, Michelle Kahn, Christina Mainero.

For the summer of 2010, the Center sponsored twenty-four Human Rights Fellowships. Student internship projects included:

Kiev, Ukraine - Helping refugee children seeking asylum

Kenya - Teaching debate skills to girls as they educate themselves

West Bank, Palestine - Developing economic opportunities

Cambodia and India - Educating the poorest children in communities

Ecuador and Bolivia - Countering violence against women and sexual trafficking

Washington D.C. - Conducting research on the Holocaust at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum